Radio reconfiguration and recording

Abstract

A radio recorder app which uses reconfiguration of radio software to operate the radio to carry out various functions. The radio software can record either current information or information which is airing in the future. Once recorded, the radio software automatically catalogs the information to find songs in the information to find used on artist name and song name, and beginning of the end of the song. Thereafter, users can skip songs, or delete songs, or replay songs.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A radio device, comprising:
 a radio tuner, receiving audio based information over a wireless channel, and converting the audio based information into a specified signal; and 
 a radio module, formed of a system that records the audio based information, connected to receive the specified signal from the radio tuner, and running a software image, which causes the radio module to record a specified time period of the audio based information, and to accept a command which causes the information which is recorded to be played back at a time later than a time of recording, 
 wherein the radio module receives a new software image which causes the radio module to carry out a new operation, 
 wherein the new operation comprises recording at a new time. 
 
     
     
       2. The device as in  claim 1 , wherein the radio module includes a cataloging function, finding each of a plurality of songs in the audio based information automatically, and cataloging the songs in the recorded information, including finding automatically a song name, and artist name, and a time when the song begins and ends in the recorded information. 
     
     
       3. The device as in  claim 2 , wherein the radio module accepts a control to skip a specified song, and automatically begins playing at the beginning of a next song. 
     
     
       4. The device as in  claim 1 , wherein the radio module accepts controls to carry out all of play, fast-forward, rewind, skip a song and go to the beginning of the next song, and delete the current song. 
     
     
       5. The device as in  claim 1 , wherein the radio tuner receives all of over the air radio information, and Internet radio information. 
     
     
       6. A radio recording device, comprising:
 a radio tuner, receiving audio based information over a wireless channel, and converting the audio based information into a specified signal, wherein the radio tuner receives all of over the air radio information, and Internet radio information; 
 a processor, formed of a system that records the audio based information, connected to receive the specified signal from the radio tuner, and running a program which records a specified time period of the audio based information, to form recorded audio information; 
 wherein the processor catalogs the recorded audio information, by finding, for each of a plurality of songs in the recorded audio information, a song name, an artist name, and a time when a song begins and a time when the song ends in the recorded audio information; 
 and wherein the processor allows playing the recorded audio information, 
 wherein the processor allows skipping a song to a next song in the recorded audio information, 
 wherein the processor allows deleting a song within the recorded audio information, 
 wherein the processor receives a new software image which causes the radio module to carry out a new operation, 
 and wherein the new operation comprises recording at a new time. 
 
     
     
       7. The device as in  claim 6 , wherein the processor allows recording a current audio information, allows recording future audio information occurring at a specified time, and allows recording recurring programs.